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2012 Market Survey results

1. Best Companies
2. Best Health Care Benefits
3. Most Diverse

1. 100 Best Companies to Work For: The Top 100

Rank	Company	Job growth	U.S. employees
1	SAS	3%	5,629
2	Boston Consulting Group	2%	1,713
3	Wegmans Food Markets	6%	39,255
4	Google	N.A.	N.A.
5	NetApp	9%	5,455
6	Zappos.com	37%	1,843
7	Camden Property Trust	0%	1,719
8	Nugget Market	-2%	1,240
9	Recreational Equipment (REI)	-1%	9,380
10	DreamWorks Animation SKG	10%	1,994
11	Edward Jones	2%	35,987
12	Scottrade	19%	2,884
13	Alston & Bird	-12%	1,611
14	Robert W. Baird	5%	2,406
15	Mercedes-Benz USA	-3%	1,657
16	JM Family Enterprises	-2%	3,688
17	USAA	-1%	21,889
18	Stew Leonard's	-7%	1,991
19	The Methodist Hospital System	2%	11,298
20	Cisco	3%	36,612
21	Container Store	-3%	3,338
22	DPR Construction	-7%	1,073
23	Goldman Sachs	7%	13,154
24	Whole Foods Market	3%	52,915
25	Umpqua Bank	18%	2,154
26	Plante & Moran	-4%	1,478
27	CHG Healthcare Services	-5%	1,124
28	Bingham McCutchen	7%	1,607
29	Quicken Loans	4%	3,179
30	NuStar Energy	4%	1,419
31	W. L. Gore & Associates	1%	5,770
32	Chesapeake Energy	10%	8,529
33	Qualcomm	2%	12,520
34	QuikTrip	5%	10,936
35	Genentech	3%	11,464
36	Southern Ohio Medical Center	18%	2,276
37	Scripps Health	5%	11,847
38	PCL Construction	-4%	1,323
39	American Fidelity Assurance	-1%	1,495
40	Balfour Beatty Construction	37%	2,079
41	Devon Energy	-10%	3,508
42	Baptist Health South Florida	5%	12,249
43	Shared Technologies	-3%	1,192
44	Intuit	-3%	6,475
45	TDIndustries	-11%	1,429
46	Johnson Financial Group	-4%	1,259
47	Novo Nordisk	-1%	3,340
48	Build-A-Bear Workshop	-7%	4,250
49	American Express	-3%	26,329
50	Baker Donelson	1%	1,127
51	Intel	-1%	42,694
52	Salesforce.com	15%	2,725
53	Four Seasons Hotels	N.A.	11,729
54	Atlantic Health	5%	7,418
55	Perkins Coie	2%	1,726
56	Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company	11%	1,269
57	Aflac	0%	4,400
58	General Mills	1%	16,803
59	Hasbro	-4%	3,055
60	Children's Healthcare of Atlanta	-1%	6,521
61	Mayo Clinic	-1%	41,068
62	OhioHealth	4%	12,529
63	Deloitte	-1%	38,493
64	FactSet Research Systems	3%	1,355
65	Adobe Systems	18%	4,788
66	EOG Resources	5%	1,811
67	Publix Super Markets	-1%	141,217
68	Stryker	-2%	8,389
69	Mattel	-2%	5,161
70	S.C. Johnson & Son	-1%	3,310
71	Marriott International	-4%	106,280
72	Microsoft	-4%	53,410
73	PricewaterhouseCoopers	-4%	28,168
74	Nordstrom	19%	49,447
75	Arkansas Children's Hospital	2%	3,776
76	Gilbane	-9%	1,761
77	Ernst & Young	-7%	23,102
78	SRC/SRCTec	9%	1,054
79	National Instruments	-1%	2,545
80	St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	-1%	3,557
81	CarMax	3%	13,436
82	Teach For America	10%	1,236
83	Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants	6%	6,735
84	Bright Horizons Family Solutions	-4%	13,737
85	Booz Allen Hamilton	9%	23,294
86	KPMG	-5%	19,892
87	Men's Wearhouse	-1%	14,548
88	Meridian Health	-8%	8,004
89	Brocade Communications Systems	8%	3,112
90	CH2M Hill	-12%	13,486
91	The Everett Clinic	4%	1,633
92	Rackspace Hosting	14%	2,405
93	J. M. Smucker	-4%	4,157
94	Aéropostale	7%	16,589
95	Morningstar	14%	1,224
96	MITRE	2%	6,686
97	Darden Restaurants	21%	167,537
98	Starbucks	-5%	103,425
99	Accenture	4%	31,000
100	W. W. Grainger	-3%	13,699

Notes:
N.A.: Not available. U.S. employees include part-timers as of time of survey. Job growth, new jobs, and voluntary turnover are full-time only. Revenues are for 2009 or latest fiscal year. All data based on U.S. employees. * Average annual pay: yearly pay rate plus additional cash compensation for the largest classification of full-time salaried and hourly employees.

2. Best Benefits: Health Care Benefits

14 companies on this year's list pay 100% of their employees' health-care premiums.

Company	Best Companies rank
Boston Consulting Group	2
Zappos.com	6
Nugget Market	8
Whole Foods Market	24
Umpqua Bank	25
NuStar Energy	30
Qualcomm	33
Shared Technologies	43
Perkins Coie	55
FactSet Research Systems	64
EOG Resources	66
Microsoft	72
Everett Clinic	91
Rackspace Hosting	92

3. Top companies: Most diverse

Company	Best Cos. rank	U.S. employees	% minorities
Baptist Health South Florida	42	12,249	73%
Four Seasons Hotels	53	11,729	67%
The Methodist Hospital System	19	11,298	66%
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants	83	6,735	63%
Marriott International	71	106,280	61%
Qualcomm	33	12,520	55%
Men's Wearhouse	87	14,548	53%
Stew Leonard's	18	1,991	51%
Scripps Health	37	11,847	48%
Brocade Communications Systems	89	3,112	48%
Camden Property Trust	7	1,719	46%
Genentech	35	11,464	45%
Cisco	20	36,612	45%
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta	60	6,521	44%
Whole Foods Market	24	52,915	44%
USAA	17	21,889	44%
Darden Restaurants	97	167,537	42%
CarMax	81	13,436	42%
Nordstrom	74	49,447	41%
Atlantic Health	54	7,418	41%
Intel	51	42,694	40%
Aflac	57	4,400	39%
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	80	3,557	39%
TDIndustries	45	1,429	39%
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	84	13,737	38%
Publix Super Markets	67	141,217	38%
Nugget Market	8	1,240	37%
Aéropostale	94	16,589	36%
American Express	49	26,329	36%
NetApp	5	5,455	36%
Goldman Sachs	23	13,154	36%
Intuit	44	6,475	34%
Microsoft	72	53,410	33%
Deloitte	63	38,493	33%
Rackspace Hosting	92	2,405	33%
Salesforce.com	52	2,725	32%
Teach For America	82	1,236	32%
Mattel	69	5,161	32%
Zappos.com	6	1,843	32%
Starbucks	98	103,425	31%
QuikTrip	34	10,936	31%
Bingham McCutchen	28	1,607	31%
Morningstar	95	1,224	30%
JM Family Enterprises	16	3,688	30%
Ernst & Young	77	23,102	29%
Booz Allen Hamilton	85	23,294	29%
Adobe Systems	65	4,788	29%
Build-A-Bear Workshop	48	4,250	29%
Alston & Bird	13	1,611	28%
Arkansas Children's Hospital	75	3,776	28%
KPMG	86	19,892	27%
Boston Consulting Group	2	1,713	27%
Container Store	21	3,338	27%
PricewaterhouseCoopers	73	28,168	27%
Meridian Health	88	8,004	26%
W. W. Grainger	100	13,699	26%
FactSet Research Systems	64	1,355	25%
Scottrade	12	2,884	24%
National Instruments	79	2,545	24%
Mercedes-Benz USA	15	1,657	24%
DreamWorks Animation SKG	10	1,994	24%
NuStar Energy	30	1,419	23%
Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company	56	1,269	23%
Novo Nordisk	47	3,340	23%
Balfour Beatty Construction	40	2,079	22%
Stryker	68	8,389	21%
Perkins Coie	55	1,726	19%
General Mills	58	16,803	19%
W. L. Gore & Associates	31	5,770	19%
American Fidelity Assurance	39	1,495	19%
DPR Construction	22	1,073	19%
Shared Technologies	43	1,192	19%
Quicken Loans	29	3,179	17%
MITRE	96	6,686	17%
SAS	1	5,629	17%
Wegmans Food Markets	3	39,255	17%
EOG Resources	66	1,811	17%
OhioHealth	62	12,529	17%
J. M. Smucker	93	4,157	17%
S.C. Johnson & Son	70	3,310	17%
CH2M Hill	90	13,486	17%
PCL Construction	38	1,323	16%
The Everett Clinic	91	1,633	15%
Umpqua Bank	25	2,154	15%
Gilbane	76	1,761	14%
CHG Healthcare Services	27	1,124	14%
Hasbro	59	3,055	13%
Devon Energy	41	3,508	13%
Recreational Equipment (REI)	9	9,380	13%
Chesapeake Energy	32	8,529	13%
Mayo Clinic	61	41,068	12%
Baker Donelson	50	1,127	11%
SRC/SRCTec	78	1,054	10%
Johnson Financial Group	46	1,259	9%
Edward Jones	11	35,987	7%
Plante & Moran	26	1,478	6%
Robert W. Baird	14	2,406	6%
Southern Ohio Medical Center	36	2,276	3%

Notes:
N.A.: Not available. U.S. employees includes part-timers as of time of survey. Job growth, new jobs, and voluntary turnover are full-time only. Revenues are for 2009 or latest fiscal year. All data based on U.S. employees.
* Average annual pay: yearly pay rate plus additional cash compensation for the largest classification of full-time salaried and hourly employees.

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